The Ghost with the Toast

It's officially spooky season! 

I'm going all out to make it extra fun and special this year. I'm decorating my house, eating lots of seasonal snacks, and I decided to watch at least one horror/Halloween movie a day.

So far I've watched:

1. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice - (Theaters) 8/10 - saw it twice! Flawed, but fun.  
2. Immaculate (Hulu) - 6/10
3. Ready or Not (Hulu) - 10/10
4. I Saw the TV Glow (Max) - 6.5/10 - I would rate it higher outside the horror label
5. From Hell (Hulu) - 8/10
6. Hellraiser, 2022 (Hulu) - 8/10

With the movies I'm way ahead of my goal, but snacking? Not so much. So let's get started with some Ghost Toast. 

Cookie Dough Twix - Quickie Review

I picked these up a while ago, (as usual) and I'm not sure if these are even available anymore, but I figured I might as well write them up anyway.  

Coca-Cola Spiced - DISCOUNTINUED - A Calculated Flop? (My rants are back!)

I LOVED raspberry Coke. It was a flavor that was only available in Remix machines and I'm not the only fan, raspberry was selected so often that Coke decided to make it a permanent addition to the line up. I was excited until I realized they added a stupid misguided twist when it was finally released in February 2024.

Coke added spices to the formula, which were mild, but notably changed the end product from the beloved machine-only raspberry blend, and THEN they called this concoction, "Spiced." A name that mismatched it's raspberry-forward flavoring and completely confused the public. No one knew what to expect, so no one bought it. To make matters worse, they took raspberry Coke out of the remix machines completely!

The original is gone. The replacement is a poor imitation no one understands. A recipe for failure. 

As of September 2024, Coke Spiced has been discontinued. Shocking no one, but me. Kind of. 

Sprite Chill

Sprite Chill

I am not very "chill" about products that claim to have a cooling effect. I've had Blueberry Ice Cream Oreos, which were absolutely disgusting, and Freeze-Pop themed Ring-Pops that were equally gross. I know that "mentholated" isn't the correct term for whatever that cooling flavor/sensation is, but I find it medicinal and unenjoyable. That said, I was not excited for this soda. I picked it up because I was buying a bunch of different summer sodas at the same time and it felt silly to leave this one out when it was right there in the same case. So, here we are. 

Snap into a Slim Jim (and a Jack's Links)

I vividly remember Slim Jim's unhinged, "Snap into a Slim Jim! Eat me!," commercials, but I cannot remember the last time I had a actual Slim Jim. I may buy jerky from time to time, but meat-based snacks normally don't appeal to me. The closest thing would be the Slim Jim themed milkshake from Wayback Burger that I reviewed in...2015!? Almost a decade ago?! It feels like it was only one or two years ago, but that tracks!  

What made me gravitate towards these now? I'm a sucker for novelties. With Dr. Pepper winning me over with their Creamy Coconut flavor I figured, why not give this a try? Then I saw the pickle flavored one next to it and grabbed that too. Let's see what I think! 

Freeze-Dried Candy - 3 Flavors

I'm alive! With quite the backlog to get through, so let's jump right into it!

Freeze dried candy -was- very trendy, but thanks to an oversaturated market it's dying down fast. For a time my Instagram feed was filled with people getting vacuum sealed bags from online specialty shops, but now it's everywhere. I grabbed these from Ollie's, but I've seen different brands available at 7-Eleven, Five Below, Target, Walmart, the list goes on and on.

These companies are practically interchangeable. They buy already popular name-brand candies in bulk and then dehydrate them through the process of freeze-drying to give them a new texture. They aren't adding in new flavors, or elements like sour powders, so it's just candy that's been processed in a new way. Due to licensing and copyright, they can't call these products by their brand names, but we all know who they really are. I've got, Lemon Bursts (Lemonheads), Rainbow Bites (Skittles), and Peach Puffs (Gummi Peach Rings.) 

Limited Edition Pepsi Lime

Limited Edition Pepsi Lime

(I actually started writing this weeks ago and never edited the photos. Oops. Here's a summer post before Spooky season takes over.) 

Summer is for the sodas, at least, it is so far. We've got all kinds of new flavors coming our way. Dr. Pepper has Creamy Coconut, Coke has their new Spiced, MTN Dew has so many new flavors I can't keep track, and Pepsi is coming out with limited runs of lime and peach flavored sodas. 

Of the two, I was really looking forward to the peach, but I haven't been able to find it yet. Just lime. After falling in love with Dr. Pepper Creamy Coconut I ran out and bought 3 cases, let's see if Pepsi is also stash-worthy. 

Everything But the Everything - Big & Bold Popcorn Duet

Big & Bold Duets - Ollie's Bargain Outlet

Jumping right into it! 

Opened, if I really get in there, I can detect some onion seasoning but it's just popcorn. Nothing of note. 

Visually, it looks like normal unflavored popcorn too. Did I get duped? Not a speck of seasoning or flavor in sight. Maybe all the seasoning is white and it just blends in? Seems a little sketchy.